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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303641 | Method for fabricating cellular structural panels An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7219588 | Portable convertible blast effects shield A rapidly deployable portable convertible blast effects shield/ballistic shield includes a set two or more telescoping cylindrical rings operably connected to each other to convert between a telescopically-collapsed configuration for storage and transport, and a tel... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185692 | Fabric blind slat for window blind A fabric blind slat for a window blind includes a base fabric made from an opaque knitted fabric, two coil units respectively coupled to and extended along two opposite edges of the base fabric, and two supporting sleeves respectively enclosed inside the two coil un... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7150127 | Partition system A partition system for office spaces generally includes a framework and a plurality of different types of decorative and/or functional tiles mountable to the framework. The framework includes I- and C-shaped vertical frame members which are adjustably joined by uppe... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7103924 | Protective athletic equipment A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. These protector portions preferably form a single integral unit. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7036549 | Shutter device with re-inserting element The invention relates to a shutter device intended to close a bay (11) or other opening and able to experience a downwards and upwards movement, the shutter (1) having flexible lateral edges (5, 6) projecting with respect to the plane of the shu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6933030 | Continuous web of flexible plastic strips for strip door systems A continuous web of flexible plastic strips, for use in a flexible strip door system, the continuous web of flexible plastic strips having uninterrupted cuts, of a depth less than the thickness of the web, arranged along lines which are perpendicular to the longitud... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6807776 | Building outfitting system with common accessory-mounting feature A prefabricated system for outfitting a building space includes an architectural product (such as a full-height permanent building wall, a post-and-beam product with overhead frame, and a drywall-covered wall), a furniture product (such as a partial-height wall, a p... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6645322 | Method for making carbon-steel blind slats and products thereof A method is provided for making carbon-steel blind slats and products thereof by slitting the carbon-steel sheet into pieces of desired width, trimming the edges, quenching, speedy cooling, tempering, and painting and baking. The blind product made by thi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6484972 | Articulated set of sequentially opened solar generator panels At least three stacked panels are articulated by means of adjacent members so that they can pivot toward a deployed configuration. A mechanism includes an immobilizer mounted on a first member, cooperating with a second member to lock the two panels in th... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6465980 | Device for controlling a drive motor of a roller blind Device for controlling a drive motor of a roller blind having stackable slats, the device identifying the type of end travel for the roller blind and operating by analyzing the variation in the drive torque. The automatic control adapts the control of the... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6427709 | Auto sun buffer zone This invention comprises a parked vehicle shade device called an auto sun buffer zone, which provides a buffer zone to keep the vehicle cool when parked outdoors under the sun. The shade device covers the top, front windshield, rear window, side windows, ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5701939 | Sun blocking shade device A covering device is disclosed for substantially blocking solar rays and heat coming inwardly through an architectural opening while allowing substantial visibility outwardly through the covering and opening. The covering includes a plurality of sun block... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5642593 | Knockdown and reassemble office partition A knockdown and reassemble office partition (14) which comprises a pair of side frame members (16), a top frame member (18), a bottom frame member (20) and an intermediate frame member (22). A facility (24) is for securing in a removable manner each of th... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5330246 | Slat block and guide track apparatus for rolling truck bed cover A water resistant, retractable slatted rolling truck utility bed cover for jam-free and noise-free operation. A slat end block is permanently attached to each slat end, the slats being hinged in a side-by-side array forming the cover body. The blocks redu... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5207258 | Louvered sunshade with controllable apertures A sunshade consisting of one or more panels for all type windows and particularly side and rear vehicle windows. The sunshades made of a tear resistant corrugated base material with die cuts that provide a plurality of louver apertures. Die cut notches ma... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5121784 | Louvered sunshade with controllable apertures A sunshade consisting of one or more panels for all type windows and particularly side and rear vehicle windows. The sunshade is made of a tear resistant corrugated board material with die cuts that provide a plurality of louver apertures. Die cut notches... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4987941 | Door reinforcing device Multi-sectional garage doors tend to bow downwardly in the middle because of the weight of the door. A simple solution to this problem is to provide a reinforcing device on the lowermost horizontal panel, the device including a pair of elongated bars for ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4781007 | Deployable wooden ossature An ossature comprising a truss constituted by a plurality of mutually parallel vertical elements, and a lower rail and an upper rail on which the ends of the vertical elements engage when the truss is deployed, is characterized by the fact that these vert... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4638166 | Radiation shield A portable and collapsible radiation shielding device is provided for the protection of personnel and equipment from ionizing radiation. The shield has a plurality of horizontally elongated slats of radiation shielding material, such as lead wool, hung fr... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4608798 | Modular building component for patio and deck floors, planters, benches and the like There is provided a new and useful building component comprising a first series of elongated members arranged in parallel spaced apart relationship, at least two sets of aligned openings extending transversely through the first series of members, a second... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4236566 | External venetian blind An external venetian blind is disclosed having a plurality of slats (10) which in the closed position overlap each other and at least two flexible lifting elements (14) extend through openings (20) in the slats (10). One edge (12) of each slat is offset a... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4016919 | Breath deflector A breath deflector comprised of a surface sheet having end edges and side edges divided into four areas by three folding lines connecting the side edges of the surface sheet wherein the four areas are foldably connected to each other.... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4004800 | Long jump marking board A long jump marking board that discloses the point of take-off of a long jump in athletic competition or practice comprising an array of elongate marking elements pivotally mounted to a base. The elements are closely spaced, parallel to each other, and tr... | 01/25/1977 |